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Allanshaw Surname Definition:

ALLANSHAW: Most probably from Allanshaws near Stow, Midlothian. Vmfray Alanschaw was summoned in 1479 to answer to parliament for treason and other crimes (APS., II, p. 129). Henry Allanschaw was a witness regarding the multure dues at Duns in 1494 (Hay, p.

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ALLANSHAW: Most probably from Allanshaws near Stow, Midlothian. Vmfray Alanschaw was summoned in 1479 to answer to parliament for treason and other crimes (APS., II, p. 129). Henry Allanschaw was a witness regarding the multure dues at Duns in 1494 (Hay, p. 40), and a payment of oats was made to Peter Allanschaw or Hallandschaw, servant of the late Queen of Scotland, in 1542 (ER., XVII, p. 601). Thomas Ellenschaw witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1578 (Home, p. 231), James Allanschaw was "common nolt herd of Eyemouth" in 1649, and Robert Allinshaw was one of a number who attested to the boundaries of Huttsonis Croft in 1651 (ibid., p. 99,220). James Allanschaw in Fouldaine Mains is in record in 1653, and Alexander Alinshaw in Fouldin in 1672 (Lauder). Allansha 1696.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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